India, May 3 -- The Gujarat High Court has upheld the acquittal of accused individuals in two separate cases linked to the 2002 communal riots, refusing to interfere with the decisions of the lower courts due to insufficient evidence.

The court dismissed appeals filed by the state government in 2003 and by a private complainant in 2007.

In one case from Vadodara, the bench upheld a 2003 sessions court ruling that acquitted five individuals accused of burning a man, Samsuddin alias Kasam Khan, alive during the violence.

According to the prosecution, a mob of nearly 200 people had attacked the victim's house in February 2002 and set him on fire. However, the High Court observed that forensic reports failed to conclusively establish that ...